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[from 'Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals' by Immanuel Kant, in 23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 1. Deontology ]

Full Idea

Kant follows Rousseau in defining freedom and morality essentially in terms of each other.

Gist of Idea

Kant follows Rousseau in defining freedom and morality in terms of each other

Source

comment on Immanuel Kant (Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals [1785]) by Charles Taylor - Sources of the Self §20.2

Book Reference

Taylor,Charles: 'Sources of the Self' [CUP 1992], p.363


A Reaction

An interesting comment on the modern tendency to overvalue freedom at the expense of the other civic virtues.